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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How's the openrc update going for everyone?
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:22:06
Message-Id: 20110512151940.64f9da62@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How's the openrc update going for everyone? by Dale
1 On Thu, 12 May 2011 07:54:13 -0500, Dale wrote:
2
3 > I just hope they also learned from their mistakes. Dropping KDE3
4 > support long before KDE4 was ready was a big one. That shouldn't be
5 > repeated.
6
7 If it's as good as everyone says, what more support did it need? Did the
8 KDE guys come knocking on your door to remove it, or do it remotely
9 (Android anyone?), or did it just keep working?
10
11 I'd say that you got excellent value for money, and a lot more support
12 for an EOL product than you paid for. Yes, it would have been nice if they
13 had waited until KDE4 was a little more polished before EOLing KDE3, but
14 who would have paid for two dev teams?
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18 Neil Bothwick
19
20 I thought I saw the light at the end of the tunnel...
21 but it was just some sod with a torch bringing me more work!

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